From Americans for Prosperity-Maryland: Americans for Prosperity-Maryland activists and local business leaders will rally this Wednesday at noon on Lawyers Mall to speak out against increasing the gas tax. “Annapolis should be looking to support struggling families and work alongside businesses during tough economic times,” said Deputy State Director Nick Loffer. “Instead, Marylanders are seeing […]
Del. James: “Public Debate Should Never be Allowed to Trump Allowing Family Members to Have a Few Hours of Peace”
From the office of Del. Mary-Dulany James: Dear Friends: I want to report on two major developments, one here in Annapolis and the other from Washington, D.C. Both affect us back home. The first is that along with several other legislators, we were able to step in and stop a bill by the Governor that […]
Fitzgerald: “We Urge the Harford County Delegation to Enact Legislation to Allow Harford County to Levy a Lodging Tax”
From Becky Fitzgerald, Chair, Harford County Tourism Advisory Board: Dear Editor, The Harford County Tourism Advisory Board supports a hotel room tax that would fund county tourism marketing. This position was taken after much research, debate, and finally consensus by this group of industry leaders appointed by the County Executive and representing every sector of […]
Keeping it Local: Making Your Community Your “Home Town”
By Fran Johnson, Publisher, Harford’s Heart Magazine In the same way that a house becomes a home, the community where we live becomes our ‘home town’ when we take a good look at all the elements and invest ourselves in those things that contribute to the overall quality of life. When we move into a […]
Harford County Executive David R. Craig Responds to Governor O’Malley’s Proposed FY 2012 State Budget
From Harford County government: As Ronald Reagan commented at the beginning of his presidency, it is not the Republican Party’s “intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work – work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back.” In his remarks to the […]
Del. James: “Creating Jobs and Getting the Economy Working Again for Everyone is My Top Priority”
From the office of Del. Mary-Dulany James: Dear Friends: I am excited to write on this week’s opening of this 428th session of the Maryland General Assembly! This year promises to be both one of the most challenging of those I have been here in Annapolis for, but also one with great promise for our […]
Defining Local: Benefits of Keeping it Local are Simply Stated, Putting them into Practice is Multi-Layered Challenge
By Fran Johnson, publisher, Harford’s Heart Magazine We’ve seen the commercials and heard the slogans urging us to Shop Local, Eat Local, and Support Your Local Community. The arguments for Keeping it Local are simply stated: • Purchasing from locally-owned shops serves as an economic stimulus, helps grow other businesses and contributes to the local […]
Small Business Saturday: A Movement to Support Small Business this Holiday Season
From the City of Havre de Grace: First came Black Friday, then came Cyber Monday, and now, November 27th becomes “Small Business Saturday”, a day to actively support those small businesses that we care so much about. This is the day to celebrate the small businesses that boost our local economy and preserve the character […]
